Our objective in our presentation is to address extreme feminist art through a specific dialogue: the revulsion and disgust of the audience. From shock to distaste, extreme feminist art ignites ideas, uncertainities, and repressed thoughts to the viewer. Our title, “Feminist Aesthetics of Disgust” emphasizes the importance of the viewer and their reactions to art work. The definition of disgust is a “strong repugnance, aversion, or repulsion excited by that which is loathsome or offensive” (OED). Michelle Meagher, an Albertan professor on feminist cultural studies, calls disgust “…a habituated emotion linked to and reflective of cultural paradigms…disgust is an attempt to render oneself distinct from that which disgusts”. Extreme feminist art involves the intimate, personal, and fragile thoughts and ideas that is present in the viewers' life: if the viewer acknowledges this presence, the viewer will become vulnerable. We chose to examine four different artists who, through their own (dis) taste, create disturbance and cross boundaries.
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Great work Cassie! Thanks so much for doing this! A couple of quick suggestions:
ReplyDelete-How about "Our objective in this presentation is to address extreme feminist art through dialogue with the revulsion and disgust of the audience" ?
-"From shock to distaste, extreme feminist art ignites ideas, uncertainities, and repressed thoughts to the viewer." I think you mean "IN" the viewer right?
-"Extreme feminist art involves the intimate, personal, and fragile thoughts and ideas that ARE present in the viewers' life; (semi-colon instead here methinks) if the viewer acknowledges this presence, the viewer will become vulnerable."
Thanks luv! This sounds great!